The Rocky Mountains: A Vision for Artists in the Nineteenth Century

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. xix, 418 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 29 cm. Published in association with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with a slightly faded spine & light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. The Rocky Mountains in art. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Introduction: Changing times and attitudes toward nature; Artistic milestones: Evolution of landscape painting in America. 1. BEFORE THE GREAT SURVEYS: THE TRAILBLAZERS: Samuel Seymour: West with Major Stephen H. Long; Karl Bodmer: The Rockies of the upper Missouri; Alfred Jacob Miller: To "the mountains of the wind". 2. MILITARY ROADS WEST: THE PATHFINDERS: George Carl Ludwig (Charles) Preuss: Military roads West with John C. Fremont; James W. Abert: The reconnaissance of Southern Colorado and New Mexico; Edward and Richard Kern: Exploring with John C. Fremont and James H. Simpson. 3. TRACKS THROUGH THE ROCKIES: THE PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS: F. R. Grist and John Hudson: Exploring the Great Salt Lake; Richard Kern: Tracks through the Central Rockies-Pacific railroad surveys; John Mix Stanley: The pathfinder's artist; Gustavus Sohon: German topographer with the fourth infantry in the Rockies; Gwinn Harris Heap: West through the Central Rockies with Edward F. Beale; Solomon Nunes Carvalho: Tracks through the Central Rockies with John C. Fremont. 4. ACROSS THE CONTINENT: ARTISTS ON THE ROAD WEST William Henry Tappan and James F. Wilkins: Artists on the Oregon trail; H.V.A. Von Beckh and John J. Young: From the Wasatch to the Pacific; John Strong Newberry: West with John N. Macomb-"The great reconnaissance"; Joseph Heger: Draftsman private with company K; Anton Schonborn and James D. Hutton: Exploring the Big Horn and Beyond; James Madison Alden and William McMurtrie: To the crest of the continent with the Northwest boundary survey. 5. ALBERT BIERSTADT: THE GRAND PANORAMIC VISION: Bierstadt's disciples: Henry Arthur Elkins and others. 6. THE GREAT SURVEYS. 7. THOMAS MORAN: "TURNER OF THE WEST". 8. THE INDEPENDENT VOYAGER: "WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE": The professional artist in the West; Artist-correspondents: American and European; The California contingent in the Rockies; Amateur artists; The observers of the scenic West: Painters of Indians and wildlife. 9. THE REGIONAL SCENE. 10. THE VANISHING SCENE: CHARLES M. RUSSELL, HENRY FARNY, FREDERIC REMINGTON, AND JOHN TWACHTMAN.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.